Perote, Veracruz

Perote is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city serves as the seat of government for the surrounding municipality of the same name, with a population 42,451 inhabitants as 2020, while the municipality population is of 77,432.^[1] Perote borders the municipalitys of Las Vigas de Ramírez, Acajete, Xico and Tlalnelhuayocan, and the state of Puebla. It is on Federal Highway 140.

Perote
City and municipality
Top: Perote Municipal Hall; Middle: San Antonio Limón Church, San Carlos Fortress; Bottom: Cofre de Perote, Calvario Church
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 19°33′43″N 97°14′31″W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Region	Capital Region
Foundation	1525 (Pedro Anzures)
Government
• Mayor	Delfino Ortega Martínez (PRI)
Area
• Municipality	614.7 km2 (237.3 sq mi)
Elevation (of seat)	2,425 m (7,956 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Municipality	77,432
• Seat	42,451
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (US Central))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code (of seat)	30128
Climate	ET
Website	(in Spanish)

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1995	51,688	—
2000	54,365	+5.2%
2005	61,272	+12.7%
2010	68,982	+12.6%
2015	72,795	+5.5%
2020	77,432	+6.4%
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Its climate is cold and dry with an annual average temperature of 12 degrees Celsius.

Perote's fortress of San Carlos once served as a prison. Guadalupe Victoria died there.

Also in Perote is the Cofre de Perote shield-shaped volcano (the Nahuatl name of which was "Naucampatepetl," which means "four times lord").

This town is the home of a sizable Spanish community which immigrated here in the 1930s. Because of this, it is known for Spanish-style cured meats and sausage such as jamón serrano (serrano ham), botifarra (Catalán sausage), and Spanish chorizo sausage.^[2]